Glossary

Angle

(angle) Arctan(rise/run). Measured in radians. This is the angle of the branch with the XY plane. This angle is therefore <0 when the branch is tilted away from the tree’s trunk and >0 when the branch tilted towards the trunk.

Branch Order

(branch_order) The number of junctions away from the trees’ trunk. Trunk cyls have order 0, branches sprouting directly from the trunk have order 1, branches forking from order 1 branches have order 2 etc.

Diameter at Breast Height

(DBH) The diameter of the tree at a height of 1.35 meters.